Chapter 154 Returning with One Person Missing
"The interdimensional teleportation array connecting Star-Picking City to the Great Abyss Sea has been completed and has been successfully tested repeatedly."
"I kept it from you all this time because I wanted to surprise you," Steward Feng said excitedly.
"Really? That's fantastic news!" Xi'er jumped up from the futon.
The next second, she saw the high priest hiding behind Steward Feng. The old man's eyes reddened as soon as he saw her, and he reached out to hug her, saying, "Xi'er, happy birthday!"
"Today is your twentieth birthday. The High Priest specially came here via teleportation array to celebrate your birthday," said Steward Feng.
"My... twentieth birthday?" Xi'er was a little surprised.
In the past, when her family and friends were around, they would always make her birthday a grand affair.
They always remember to throw her a birthday banquet and give her birthday gifts.
He would also promise to help her fulfill all her wishes.
However, with her family and friends not around these past two years, she has no mood to celebrate her birthday.
In addition, she was busy cultivating, and Steward Feng was also busy handling various matters, big and small.
Manager Liu had asked her a few times, but she didn't want to celebrate her birthday, so he never told her what day it was.
The fact that Steward Feng was able to host her birthday banquet this time must have come from the High Priest.
The birthday banquet was held inside the bronze gate. The delicious food on the banquet was prepared in advance by Steward Feng from the most upscale restaurant and brought in through his storage ring.
Knowing that Xi'er didn't like big banquets, Steward Feng had a feast prepared.
After the banquet was set out, the high priest asked, "Xi'er, would you like to go back with Grandpa Ling?"
"I'm sorry, Grandpa Zero, I definitely can't go back for the time being. I have to stay here to prevent new spatial rifts from appearing."
But don't worry, I have now broken through to the fifth level of the Divine Realm and can cultivate clones.
I'm only missing two materials for creating clones. Once I've collected them all, I'll immediately begin creating clones.
"When the time comes, I'll send my clone back to the Great Abyss Sea to share the duties of the High Priest with Grandpa Zero," Xi'er said frankly.
She had promised Grandpa Ling that she would succeed him as the next High Priestess, and she had no intention of going back on her word.
However, she must constantly repair the spatial rifts in Yunyuan Shangjing, otherwise she would be letting down those who rushed into the spatial passage to fight against the extraterrestrial demons.
The high priest accompanied Xi'er as they ate delicious food and drank a lot of spirit fruit wine.
Xi'er's face was flushed, and her eyes were deep as she stared at the spatial rift that she had repaired.
This is where her family and friends left.
Three whole years have passed, but they still haven't come back.
Did they lose their way in the vast universe? Or did they perish together with the extraterrestrial demons?
Her thoughts drifted far, far away, and she didn't even notice when the high priest left.
Suddenly, several distorted ripples appeared in the azure sky. As the ripples gradually spread out, a narrow spatial rift finally appeared in Xi'er's vision.
A violent surge of spiritual energy, accompanied by a hurricane, swept in from the spatial rift.
Xi'er's nerves tensed up immediately. She prepared her strongest attack spell, intending to unleash it as soon as she could see who was emerging from the spatial rift.
However, the keen senses were the first to detect the familiar aura.
It's Mom!
Xi'er's first thought was that she must have drunk too much spirit fruit wine and was hallucinating.
But as her mother's familiar figure floated in front of her, she was so frightened that she stood frozen in place, too scared to move.
If this is her hallucination, then as long as she doesn't move, will the hallucination last longer and not dissipate easily?
She stood there blankly for three seconds before getting a sharp tap on the forehead.
"Xi'er? You brat, are you stupid? Your mother traveled thousands of miles to finally return to your side, and you won't even give her a hug?"
The familiar voice brought tears to her eyes instantly.
Immediately afterwards, a figure as fast as lightning rushed out from behind Mom and hugged her tightly.
"Xi'er, my baby, waaaaah! Daddy missed you so much!" Xiaobai's familiar voice came through the phone, accompanied by sobs.
Xi'er felt that her father had become less and less manly since he awakened his memories of his past life.
It seems I can't break this habit of crying at the drop of a hat.
One by one, relatives and friends emerged from the spatial rift, but there was one person that Xi'er longed to see, yet he never appeared.
"Where's Ye Tanji? Why didn't he come back with you?" Xi'er finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"In his final battle against the Heavenly Demon Emperor of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, both sides suffered heavy losses."
"My physical body is destroyed, and my soul has been scorched by the Heavenly Demon Emperor's Blazing Demon Flames, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul," Yu Shan said with a sorrowful expression.
In that battle, if Ye Tanji hadn't risked his life to protect everyone, Xi'er's group of friends and family would have been lost by at least half.
He didn't want her to be sad or upset, so he was willing to give up his own life to protect those who were important to her.
Yu Shan took out a silver rattle drum and handed it to Xi'er.
Having awakened her memories of her past life, she knew that even though Ye Tanji's remnant soul had lost consciousness, it would probably still want to stay by Xi'er's side.
Upon seeing the silver rattle, Xi'er's tears flowed like a burst dam, never ceasing.
**
On the day of the young master of Night Pool Palace's twelfth birthday, his parents held a grand birthday banquet for him.
His usually rigid and serious father finally showed mercy and allowed him to invite some of his friends.
Ye Tanji had informed Xi'er long ago, inviting her to attend his birthday banquet.
However, on that day, Lanpo, who was supposed to wake Xi'er early, decided to have sex with his wife on a whim, completely forgetting his daughter's instructions.
When Xi'er woke up, it was already getting dark.
Remembering her promise to Ye Tanji to attend his birthday banquet, she jumped up and hurriedly ran to Ye Tanji Palace.
But she arrived in such a hurry that she forgot to bring her invitation. By the time she finally managed to persuade the guards to let her in, the birthday banquet was already nearing its end.
Xi'er loves food the most, and the main reason she agreed to attend this birthday banquet was to eat delicious spiritual fruits and drink tasty juices.
Seeing that the table full of delicious food was almost gone, she immediately forgot about the young master and began to eat heartily.
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